A reading list of 250 titles that support the Newtecnic design method for architecture and engineering:

The Newtecnic design method is one of linking architectural design, engineering design and technology in successive design iterations. The reading list comprises texts which support this approach to design, used in parallel with a more traditional approach of cycling between plan, section and elevation in 2-D and 3-D during design development. The 15 themes of the 200-book reading list follow steps in the process of developing architectural and engineering design designs, in grouped 5 broad categories. The reading list starts with 7 books on thinking and making.

  1. Design Thinking and Making, Technology, Environment

  2. Social Commentary, Entrepreneurship, Marketing

  3. Leadership, Philosophy, Contemporary Thought

  4. Management, Business, Thinking

  5. Innovation, Economic History, Science Theory

  6. Architectural Theory